CHEIKH NIANG, Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations in New York and Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, welcomed the attendees and the high-level speakers to the Conference, and noted the Conference aimed to gain the…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted seven resolutions, urgently establishing a group of three independent experts on the situation of human rights in Belarus, and extending mandates on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, Ukraine, Haiti, Mali and Belarus. One other…

 Le Conseil des droits de l’homme a adopté ce matin sept résolutions, dont deux ont fait l’objet d’un vote, à savoir celle portant sur la lutte contre la discrimination, la violence et les pratiques préjudiciables à l’égard des personnes intersexes et celle portant sur la situation des droits…

The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted one decision and 13 resolutions, extending mandates on South Sudan, the human right to a clean environment, the right to privacy, and on cultural rights. Other texts adopted concerned the postponement of the implementation of certain activities…

Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, and the Human Rights Council. Drought in MalawiPaul Turnbull,…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and fortieth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Chile, Guyana, Indonesia, Namibia, Serbia, Somalia and the United Kingdom.José Manuel Santos Pais, Committee Vice-Chairperson, said that during the…

The Human Rights Committee today adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses provided…

Alexander Gabriel Yánez Deleuze, the new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Yánez Deleuze had been…

The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its annual report covering its one hundred and thirty-eighth, one hundred and thirty-ninth and one hundred and fortieth sessions.Tijana Šurlan, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for the sessions.  She said that…

Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Division of Administration, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the United…